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Is it really better to "die" than "live"? Reflections on the practice of "death with dignity" in China

Long Chen¹, Minghui Ren¹

¹Department of Global Health, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China.

Frontiers in Public Health

|August 29, 2024

Abstract

Aim:

To analyze the causes of the controversy caused by "death with dignity" in China, and to provide some useful thoughts for the practical exploration of "death with dignity."

Subject And Methods:

By combing the periodical literature, legal texts and practice, we find that the Medical Regulations of Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, which was revised and passed by China in 2022, recognized the legal effect of "living will" for the first time in legislation, which triggered a wide-ranging social discussion on "death with dignity" and brought many controversies.

Results:

Due to the influence of traditional culture, policies and laws, medical service supply capacity and other factors, death with dignity suffers from great practical resistance.

Conclusion:

The exploration of "death with dignity" system needs to start with the problems encountered in practice, focusing on cultivating a good system implementation environment, strengthening the top-level design of "death with dignity" system, and improving the national social security system for hospice care.

Keywords:

death with dignity hospice care living will medical autonomy palliative care

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